Congress has to take everyone along to defeat BJP: AIMIM chief Owaisi

Owaisi slammed Congress saying that 'secular' parties used to blame him for causing a split in anti-BJP votes in elections, but how did they lose in Haryana though the AIMIM did not field candidates

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has said that 'secular' parties used to blame him for causing a split in anti-BJP votes in elections, but how did Congress lose in Haryana though the AIMIM did not field candidates?

In a veiled reference to Congress, he said the "old party" has to take everyone along to defeat the BJP.

"How did they (BJP) win (Haryana)? I was not there. Otherwise, they would have said 'B Team'... They lost there. Now, you tell me, they lost because of whom?," he said, addressing a public meeting at Vikarabad in Telangana on Friday night.

"I would like to tell the old party. Understand what I am saying. You have to take everyone along to defeat Modi. You will not be able to do anything alone," he said.

The BJP clinched a stunning hat-trick win in Haryana, overcoming anti-incumbency and dashing Congress' hopes of a comeback. The saffron party won 48 of the 90 assembly seats in Haryana, well above the simple majority mark of 46.